Pin-holder.



PATENTED APRS?, 1903.

G. rA. FAAs'.

PIN HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 30, 1902.

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substituted for lthe disk containing printed UNITED STATES PATENTGFEICE.

GUSTAV A. FAAS, OFTOPEKA, KANSAS.

PIN-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent N0. 72 4,832, dated April7, 1903.

Application filed July 30. 1902. Serial No. 117,664. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, GUSTAV A. FAAS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Topeka, in the county of Shawnee and State of Kansas, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Pin-Holders, of whichthe following is a specification, reference beingv had therein to theaccompanying drawings.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in pin-holders; andits object is to provide a simple and attractive' device of thischaracter adapted to hold pins at points where they are readilyaccessible and practically unnoticeable.

A further object is to provide the 'holder with a receptacle suitablefor containing stamps, car-tickets, or other similar articles, and acompartment is also formed in the holder for the reception of asachet-powder, whereby articles placed adjacent to the holder will beperfumed.

With the above and other objects in View the invention consists in thenovel construction and combination of parts hereinafter more fullydescribed and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings,showing the preferred form of my invention, and in whichj Figure 1 is aview of one face of the holder, showing the receptacle partly opened.Fig. 2 is a view of the opposite face of the device and showing a diskcontaining suitable advertisin g matter orotherprintin g. Fig. 3 is anedge view of the holder. Fig. 4 is a central transverse section throughthe device. Fig. 5 is a face View showing the'receptacle with its coverremoved. Fig. 6 is an inside view of said cover. Fig. 7 is an enlargeddetail view showing the means for securing the faces of the holdertogether, and Fig. Sis a View showing vthe holder arranged in the formof a locket, a cameo or other artistic face being matter.

Referring to the gures by numerals of reference, l is a disk having aflange 2 formed along the edge thereof and provided at the center with arectangular aperture 3. Ears 4. are struck up from the face of disk 1along opposite sides of aperture 3 and are adapted to overlap the edgesof a sliding lid or cover 5, normally covering the aperture 3. This lid`is limited in its movement by lugs 6, formed upon the under surfacethereof and extending into slots 7 at opposite sides of the aperture 3.Spacing projections 8 extend from the flange 2 at desired .intervals andabut against the edge of a ange 9, formed at the edge of a disk 10. Atongue 11 is arranged at the end of each projection 8 and rests within arecess 12, formed in flange 9. This tongue serves to clamp the disk 10firmly against the projection 8, and the two disks are thus heldsecurely in proper relation to ,each other.

lthereover and forming the bottom of the receptacle formed by theaperture 3.

The disk lO may, if desired, be provided with an aperture 16, withinwhich may be arranged a disk 17, containing suitable printed matter. -Inlieu of this disk, however, ahighly ornamental face may be employed, andby providing a ring 13 upon one of the projec- .tions 8 a chain may beattached thereto and the holder worn as a locket.

It is believed that the manner of using the holder will be readilyunderstood from the foregoing description. Pins are inserted be; tweenthe flanges ot' the two disks 1 and 10 and between the felt disks 13.The felt will retain them in position until they are withdrawn, and theheads of the pins will be practically unnoticeable while in positionaround the edge of the holder. Stamps, car-tickets, or other similararticles can be readily carried within the receptacle 3. Byarranging thefelt disks so that the pins can be inserted therebetween the felt isforced laterally by the pin instead of toward the center. The

felt therefore oifers but slight resistance to not limit myself thereto,as I am aware that modifications may be made therein without departingfrom the spirit or sacrificing the IOO advantages thereof, and Itherefore reserve the right to make such changes as fairly fall withinthe scope of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a pin-holder the combination with a iianged disk having anaperture therein and a cover for said aperture; of spacing projectionsextending laterally frorn the ange, a second disk, a recessed flangethereon,tongues upon the projections adapted to fit within the recessesin the flange and clamp the disks together, resilient disks clampedbetween said disks and having apertures therein forming a compartment.

2. In a pin-holder the combination with a disk; of spacing projectionsextending laterally from the edge thereof, a second disk adapted to bearupon the ends of said projections, tongues upon the projections adaptedto clamp said second disk against said ends,- and retaining materialclamped between the disks and having a compartment therein.

3. In a pin-holder the combination with a disk; of spacing projectionsat the edge thereof, a second disk adapted to bear upon the ends of saidprojections, tongues upon the projections adapted to hold said seconddisk clamped upon the ends of the projections, du# plicate disks ofresilient material contained between said disks and adapted to receivepins therebetween, each disk having an aperture therein and saidapertures forming a compartment Within the disks.

In testimony whereof I aiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GUSTAV A. FAAS.

